LED idea? How would you do this?

[benzero]

Has anyone ever been in an Acura TL? There are two lights in the roof near the dome light at the front that are bright blue and shine down over the stick shift area in a small focused area. It looks really cool at night, as well as illuminating the shifting area. Would anyone have any idea how you could do this? If it could be accomplished, I think it would be cheap and a REALLY cool looking nighttime mod.

 

[mountjonas]

tap into your radio power and drill a hole for the led in the map light area. the trick would be finding the right led to do it.

 

[benzero]

tap into your radio power and drill a hole for the led in the map light area. the trick would be finding the right led to do it.

True. How would you run a wire there? Up through the a-pillar and through the headliner? I don't know anything about LED, but I figured someone would. Or would it be another type of light? Something with a little more distance I suppose.

 

[brightwhite]

My CX-9 has the same thing and it looks really cool at night. I've been thinking of adding it to my 3.

 

[MTV]

My dad has the TL. I've always loved those blue lights that shine down on the shifter column, gives it a nice touch.

How you would do it, I'm not sure...

 

[ForceFed]

The tC has t too...We have AMber illumination in our tC..It is cool looking at night.
Just get a mirror from one of these cars and add it to yours...Pretty simple to do...Just some basic wiring.

 

[Demoniam]

www.oznium.com has good selection of bulbs...great quality and cheap too!

 

[mikeski]

do you have a pic of what it looks like? im not familiar with the style.

 

[brightwhite]

I don't have any pics, I'm afraid--the glow in the CX-9 is so subtle, I honestly don't know if you'd notice it in a photo.

It's basically a subtle blue glow from the roof that shines on the centre console, making it just so pleasantly illuminated.

 

[jville]

i replaced the dome light in my 95 eclipse with 3 greed LEDs it was easy, hardest part was aiming them. I had it so the 2 outter ones were aimed at driver/passenger and the center one stright down, door switch activated 2 outers and light activated center. Very custom touch.

 

[Lord_Zath]

Red would probably look nicer; goes along with the gauges.

I like the idea, too. Wanted to do it, but too worried about doing crazy wiring and splicing.

 

[benzero]

The tC has t too...We have AMber illumination in our tC..It is cool looking at night.
Just get a mirror from one of these cars and add it to yours...Pretty simple to do...Just some basic wiring.

I wonder if this would work. The lights might not aim right since it's a different car, does anyone have any pics of a tc mirror?

 

[Shaz]

The CX7 has a blue illumination smacked in the middle of the dome light that shines down in the center/shifter. It is subtle and just soft, pleasing shine. I would want something that you can control the intensity depending on your mood. CX7 blue light FTW

 

[benzero]

I wonder if the CX7 dome light could be switched or modded easily, and what about changing to red? I woudn't want blue with the rest of the interior red. I'm still wondering about the TC mirror though, i wonder if it would be a hard retrofit.